I thought I'd throw this one out there, because we're in the middle of a voluntary "audit" (as in, we called them and they got a partner involved because we KNOW our licensing is fubar'd), and some of ...

We're building a few VMware ESX servers and I'm looking at the best way to license windows and perhaps save some money.<BR><BR>It looks like the Enterprise Edition will allow us 1 physical and/or 4 ...

Microsoft is kicking off a nine-month promotion on September 1 which will offer VMware users free Windows Server Datacenter licenses for switching from vSphere to Hyper-V. The September 1 start date ...

When a company has 500,000 enterprise customers that are paying for perpetual licenses and support on systems software – this is an absolutely enormous base by corporate standards, and a retro ...

Effective April 2, VMware will increase its CPU licensing pricing model for customers who have more than 32 cores. VMware channel partners talk to CRN about the market impact. VMware is doubling the ...

In a press conference Tuesday at VMware Partner Exchange, CEO Paul Maritz said future adjustments to its product licensing terms are coming as VMware moves toward a consumption-based licensing model.

Microsoft revved up its cloud marketing message on Monday after VMware made some licensing changes in July. The spat, largely focused on the costs of tapping virtualization infrastructure, is nothing ...

Microsoft revved up its cloud marketing message on Monday with the release of a whitepaper titled "Microsoft Private Cloud: A Comparative Look at Functionality, Benefits and Economics." The whitepaper ...

Microsoft has always positioned Hyper-V to be a less expensive alternative to VMware. Now the software giant says that with VMware’s new VRAM-based pricing, it calculates a private cloud built on ...